Hey everyone. Many thanks for your warm wishes. I'm both pleased and happy to announce that my 18th went superbly and I have some wonderful photos to prove it.

I'm usually quite a private guy but this is something that deserves to be shared so I will tell you a little bit about my trip. Let's start with the good points:

(Darn, there's never any bullet points when you need them. Oh well.)

1. The weather was marvellous every day. I am very lucky to come home without any sunburn, which cannot be said for my poor parents.

2. Yesterday I went parasailing in the Mediterranean and a few days before that I went jet-skiing as well.

3. The hotel made me a special birthday cake and brought it to me at dinner time on the 14th (my special day)

4. I fell in love. (briefly)

5. I had a very merry time at the discos with the music and charming all the ladies.

The only bad point is that we had a dreadful time at the airport. We were delayed for an hour and a half with bagge when we arrived and the queues were massive when it was time to go home and several of the staff were incompetent.

Anyway, I had a great time and I'm glad to be back with you all again.